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Proposed  Charter 


for  the 


County  of  Napa 


To  be  Submitted  to  the  Electors  of  the  County  of 

Napa,  State  of  California,  at  a  Special 

Election  to  be  held  on 


TUESDAY,  FEBRUARY  27,  1917, 


BUREAU  OF  GOVF.RNME;.  AKCH 

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WKI.KLY  PHOTOGRAM.  PRINTERS 
ST.  HELENA,  CAL. 


Proposed  Charter  for  ibo  Coaaty  of  Napa 

We,  the  people  of  the  County  of 
Napa,  in  the  State  of  California,  do 
ordain  and  establish  this  Charter  for 
its  government. 

ARTICLE  I. 

Section  One:  The  County  of  Napa, 
as  it  now  exists,  is  a  body  politic  and 
as  such  has  all  the  power  specified 
by  the  Constitution,  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  California,  and  by  this  Char- 
ter. 

Section  Two:  The  official  name  of 
the  County  shall  be  County  of  Napa. 
It  must  be  thus  designated  in  all  ac- 
tions and  proceedings  touching  its 
rights,  property  and  duties. 

Section  Three:  The  boundaries  of 
said  County  shall  remain  the  same  as 
they  are  now,  until  otherwise  chang- 
ed in  the  manner  provided  by  law. 

Section  Four:  The  powers  mention- 
ed in  Section  One  shall  be  exercised 
by  a  Board  of  Supervisors,  by  Agents 
and  Officers. 

ARTICLE  H. 
Boa  i-d  of  Supervisors. 

Section  One:  The  County  of  Napa 
Is  hereby  divided  into  five  Supervis- 
orial districts,  the  boundaries  of 
which  shall  be  and  remain  as  they 
now  are  until  otherwise  changed  in 
the  manner  provided  by  law. 

Section  Two:  The  County  of  Napa 
shall  have  a  Board  of  Supervisors 
consisting  of  five  members,  each  of 
whom  shall  be  an  elector  of  the  Su- 
pervisorial district  which  he  repre- 
sents, must  reside  therein  during  his 
term  of  office,  must  have  been  a  resi- 
dent of  the  County  for  five  years  im- 
mediately preceding  his  election,  and 
shall  be  nominated  by  the  electors  of 
the  district  which  he  is  to  represent 
and  elected  at  large  by  the  electors  of 
the  County  of  Napa.  At  the  primary 
election  in  the  Supervisorial  district, 
the  electors  of  the  district  shall  vote 
for  two  candidates  to  be  placed  on 
the  general  election  ballot,  and  only 
two  candidates  from  each  Supervisor- 
ial district  shall  be  nominated  at  the 
primary  election.  The  electors  of  the 
County,  at  such  general  election,  shall 
make  a  choice  of  one  candidate  from 
each  district. 

Each    Supervisor    shall      hold    office 
for  a  term  of  four  years  and  until  the 
election  and   qualification   of   his   suc- 
or. 

Section  Three:  At  the  general 
election  to  be  held  In  November,  1918, 
Supervisors  shall  be  elected  for  the 
First  and  Third  Supervisorial  Dis- 
tricts, whose  terms  of  office  shall  be- 
gin at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  after 
the  first  day  of  January,  1919. 

Section  Four:     At  the  general  elec- 
tion to  be     held   in     November,  1920, 
rvisors    shall    be    elected    for   the 
:<1,   Fourth,   and   Fifth     Supervis- 
ricts,    whose   terms   of   office 
:   begin  at  noon  on  the  first  Mon- 
after  the  first     day  of     January, 

Section  Five:     The  Board  of  Super- 
shall,    at    its    first      mooting    In 
January  of  each  year,   elect  a   Chair- 
in:!  n,    v.'ho    shall    preside   at   all    meet- 
In  case  of  his  absence,  or  inabil- 


ity to  act,  the  members  present  must, 
by  an  order  entered  on  its  records,  se- 
lect one  of  their  number  to  act- as 
chairman  pro  tempore.  A  majoi  ty 
shall  constitute  a  quorum,  and  no  act 
of  the  Board  shall  be  valid  or  bindir  £ 
unless  three  members  concur  therein^ 
Any  member  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors may  administer  oaths  when 
necessary  in  the  performance  of  his 
official  duties. 

ARTICLE   HI. 

Powers  and   Duties  of   the   Board  of 
Supervisors. 

Section  One:  The  Board  of  Super- 
visors and  each  Supervisor  shall 
have  all  the  jurisdiction,  and  power 
which  is  now,  or  which  may  hereaf- 
ter be  granted  by  the  Constitution  and 
laws  of  the  State  of  California,  or  by 
this  Charter,  except  as  limited  in  this 
Charter,  and  not  in  conflict  here- 
with. 

Section  Two:  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors: 

(a)  At   its   first   regular      meeting, 
after  noon   of  the   first   Monday   after 
the  first  day  of  January,  1919,  to  ap- 
point  a   Business   Manager,   and   dur- 
ing the  month  of  February  following 
said   first  day  of  January,   to  appoint 
all  the  County  Officers  provided  to  be 
appointed    by   this      Charter,      or   the 
general  laws  of  the   State   of  Califor- 
nia, provided,  that  all  other  officers  to 
be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors shall  be  so  appointed  with  the 
advice   and   approval   of   the   Business 
Manager.      Every  four  years  thereaf- 
ter,   said    Board    of    Supervisors    shall 
appoint    said      Manager      and      other 
County      Officers    in    the      months    of 
January    and      February,    as      herein 
provided. 

(b)  Before  any  officer     elected  or 
appointed    hereunder    qualifies,    to    fix 
the  amount  of  bond  required  of  such 
officer,    and    the    manner    of    the    ap- 
proval thereof.     The  bond  of  any  of- 
ficer holding  ex-officio  offices  must  be 
made  to  cover  liability  for  the  faith- 
ful  performance   of  the   duties   of   all 
offices  and  must  be  one  bond. 

(c)  To    fix   and      regulate    by    Or- 
dinance,   the    appointment   and    num- 
ber of  assistants,  deputies,  clerks,  at- 
taches,  and   other  persons  to  be   em- 
ployed from  time  to  time  in  the  sev- 
eral offices  of  the  County,  and  to  pre- 
scribe  the    powers,    duties,      qualifica- 
tions and   compensation   of  such   per- 
sons, the  times  at     which     and     the 
terms   for   which      they   shall   be   ap- 
pointed and  the  manner  of  their  ap- 
pointment   and    removal,       except    as 
herein   otherwise   provided;      provided 
that   one    Deputy   Sheriff   shall    reside 
at  or  near  Yountville,   and  one  at  or 
near  Monticello. 

(d)  To    fix    the      compensation    of 
County  and  Township   Officers,   which 
are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be  provid- 
ed for  by  the  Constitution,  the  general 
law,   or  this   Charter,   whose   compen- 
sations are  not  fixed  and  provided  for 
by  this   Charter. 

Section   Three:      The    Bnard    of   Su- 

inust,    upon      application    of 

the  Business  Manager,  and  when  noc- 

thercfor  appears  to   it,   author- 

ttanta 

tunty   onici-   r;.s     may  be  re- 
the  necessary  work 
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ARTICLE   IV. 

ity  Officers  Other  Than  Super- 
visors. 

Section  One:  County  officers  other 
tr!an  members  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
risors  shall  be.  a  Business  Manager,  a 
Purchasing  Agent,  a  Sheriff,  a  Coun- 
ty Clerk,  a  Treasurer,  a  Recorder,  a 
Tax  Collector,  a  License  Collector,  a 
Public  Administrator,  a  Coroner,  a 
Surveyor,  a  Road  Engineer,  an  Audi- 
tor, an  Assessor,  a  District  Attorney, 
a  Superintendent  of  Schools,  a  Proba- 
tion Officer,  a  Superintendent  of  Char- 
ities, a  Health  Officer,  a  Horticultural 
Commissioner,  a  Medical  Superinten- 
dent of  the  County  Hospital,  and 
such  other  officers  as  are  now,  or  may 
hereafter  be  provided  for  by  the 
Constitution,  by  the  general  laws,  or 
by  this  Charter. 

Section  Two:  The  following  offi- 
ces are  hereby  consolidated: 

(a)  The    Business    Manager      shall 
be  ex-officio  Purchasing     Agent     and 
Public   Administrator. 

(b)  The  Sheriff  shall  be  ex-offlcio 
Coroner. 

(c)  The   Assessor  shall  be   ex-offi- 
cio  Treasurer,   Tax  Collector  and  Li- 
cense   Collector. 

(d)  The  Probation  Officer  shall  be 
ex-offlcio    Superintendent      of      Chari- 
ties. 

(e)  The  Road  Engineer     shall  be 
ex-officio  Surveyor. 

Section  Three:  The  District  Attor- 
ney, County  Clerk,  Sheriff,  Assessor 
and  Recorder  shall  be  elected  in  the 
manner  provided  by  law. 

Section  Four:  All  other  County 
officers  shall  be  appointed  as  in  this 
Charter  provided. 

Section  Five:  The  term  of  office  of 
each  County  Officer  shall  be  four 
years;  the  term  of  office  of  all  elec- 
tive officers  shall  begin  at  noon  on 
the  first  Monday  following  the  first 
day  of  January,  following  their  elec- 
tion; the  term  of  office  of  the  Busi- 
ness Manager  shall  begin  on  the  first 
Monday  after  the  first  day  of  Febru- 
ary following  his  appointment;  the 
term  of  office  of  all  officers  appointed 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Charter,  shall 
begin  on  the  first  Monday  after  the 
first  day  of  March  following  their  ap- 
pointment. All  officers  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Charter,  shall  con- 
tinue to  discharge  the  duties  of  their 
offices  after  the  expiration  of  their 
terms  until  their  successors  have 
been  elected,  or  appointed  and  quali- 
fied. 

Section  Six:  The  monthly  salaries 
of  the  County  Officers  shall  be  as  fol- 
lows: 

(a)  Members  of  the  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors,  the  sum   of  Fifty  Dollars. 

(b)  The   Business      Manager     and 
ex-officio  Purchasing  Agent  and  Pub- 
lic  Administrator,    the   sum   of      Two 
Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars. 

(c)  The  Sheriff  and  ex-officio  Cor- 
oner, the  sum  of  Two     Hundred     and 
Twenty-five  Dollars. 

(d)  The  County  Clerk,  the  sum  of 
Two  Hundred  Dollars. 

(e)  The      Recorder,    the      sum    of 
Two  Hundred  Dollars. 

(f)  The    Assessor    and      ex-offlcio 
Tax  Collector,   License  Collector  and 


Treasurer,   the   sum   of  Two   Hundred 
Dollars. 

(g)  The  Road  Engineer  and  ex- 
officio  Surveyor,  the  sum  of  Two  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty  Dollars. 

(h)  The  Auditor,  the  sum  of  Two 
Hundred  Dollars. 

(i)  The  District  Attorney,  the  sum 
of  Two  Hundred  and  Twenty-five 
Dollars. 

(j)  The  Superintendent  of  Schools, 
the  sum  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
five  Dollars.  The  Superintendent  of 
Schools  shall  be  allowed  one  Deputy 
at  a  salary  of  Seventy-five  Dollars  per 
month. 

(k)  The  Probation  Officer  and  ex- 
officio  Superintendent  of  Charities, 
the  sum  of  One  Hundred  Dollars. 

(1)  The  Health  Officer  shall  be  al- 
lowed such  compensation  as  may  be 
fixed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

(m)  The  Medical  Superintendent 
of  the  County  Hospital,  the  sum  of 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars. 

(n)  The  Horticultural  Commis- 
sioner shall  be  allowed  such  compen- 
sation as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Board 
of  Supervisors. 

Section  Seven:  The  salaries  of  all 
County  officers,  deputies,  assistants, 
and  stenographers,  shall  be  paid  to 
them  on  the  first  Monday  in  each 
month,  except  as  otherwise  provided 
in  this  Charter. 

Section  Eight:  All  fees,  fines,  and 
commissions  of  every  kind  or  nature, 
collected  by  any  County  or  Township 
Officer,  Board,  Commission,  or  em- 
ployee, shall  be  paid  into  the  County 
Treasury  on  the  first  Monday  of  each 
month,  except  as  herein  otherwise 
provided.  The  payment  shall  be  ac- 
companied by  a  detailed  statement  of 
the  same  in  writing,  a  duplicate  of 
which  shall  be  filed  with  the  Auditor 
at  the  same  time. 

Section  Nine:  Each  County  Officer 
shall  be  allowed,  in  addition  to  the 
salaries  herein  set  forth,  such  actual 
and  necessary  expenses  as  are  now 
payable  to  him  under  the  provisions 
of  the  general  law,  or  this  Charter, 
except  as  in  this  Charter  otherwise 
provided. 

ARTICLE   V. 
Township  Officers. 

Section  One:  The  Board  of  Super- 
visors shall,  by  ordinance  to  be  en- 
acted during  the  year  1918,  divide  the 
County  of  Napa  into  two  judicial 
Townships:  The  City  of  Napa  and  the 
Towns  of  Yountville  and  Monticello 
to  be  in  one  Township  and  the  Towns 
of  St.  Helena,  Calistoga,  Rutherford 
and  Oakville,  to  be  in  the  other  jud- 
icial Township.  The  balance  of  the 
County  to  be  placed  in  each  Township 
according  to  the  convenience  of  the 
population.  Said  Ordinance  to  take 
effect  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  fol- 
lowing the  first  day  of  January,  1919. 

Section  Two:  There  shall  be  one 
Justice  of  the  Peace  and  one  Consta- 
ble for  each  judicial  Township.  The 
Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Constable 
appointed  for  the  Township  in  which 
the  City  of  Napa  is  located,  shall 
have  and  maintain  their  offices  in  the 
City  of  Napa.  The  Justice  of  the 
Peace  and  Constable  appointed  for 
the  Township  in  which  the  Towns  of 
St.  Helena  and  Calistoga  are  located, 
shall  have  and  maintain  their  offices 


in  either  the  Town  of  St.  Helena  or 
the  Town  of  Calistoga,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  such  Justice  of  the  Peace 
shall  sit  and  try  cases  in  any  part  of 
his  Township  when  convenience  of 
witnesses  and  justice  may  require; 
provided  further,  however,  that 
where  both  the  plaintiff  and  defend- 
ant reside  in,  or  within  five  miles  of 
any  of  the  Towns  in  the  County  of 
Napa,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace,  upon  demand  of 
any  of  the  parties  litigant  in  the  ac- 
tion to  hold  court  in  and  try  the  pend- 
ing cause  in  such  Town,  unless  the 
convenience  of  a  majority  of  the  wit- 
nesses will  be  best  subserved  by  hold- 
ing the  court  and  trying  the  case  else- 
where. 

Section  Three:  Justices  of  the 
Peace  and  Constables  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  other 
County  Officers,  other  than  Business 
Manager,  are  appointed. 

Section  Four:  Justices  of  the 
Peace  and  Constables  shall  hold  office 
for  a  term  of  four  years  from  and  af- 
ter the  first  Monday  following  the 
first  day  of  March  follwing  their  ap- 
pointment. 

Section  Five:  The  salary  of  the 
Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  Township 
in  which  the  City  of  Napa  is  located, 
shall  be  the  sum  of  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-five  Dollars  per  month,  and 
of  the  Justice  of  the  Peace  located  in 
the  other  Township,  the  sum  of  Sixty 
Dollars  per  month. 

Section  Six:  The  salary  of  the  Con- 
stable in  each  Township  shall  be  the 
sum  of  Seventy-five  Dollars  per 
month. 

Section  Seven:  The  salaries  so  fix- 
ed shall  bf  ln  full  compensation  for 
all  services  of  said  Justices  of  the 
Peace  and  Constables;  provided,  that 
each  Constable  shall  be  allowed  to  re- 
tain for  his  personal  use  all  fees  col- 
lected by  him  in  Civil  cases  pending 
in  Justices'  Courts,  and  be  paid  the 
actual  and  necessary  expenses  of 
transferring  prisoners  after  convic- 
tion, to  the  County  Jail,  which  shall 
be  paid  out  of  the  County  General 
Fund. 

Section  Eight:  Each  Township  of- 
ficer shall  be  allowed,  in  addition  to 
his  salary,  such  expenses  as  are  now 
payable  to  him  under  the  provisions 
of  the  general  law,  or  this  Charter, 
provided  that  all  such  expenses  shall 
be  limited  to  actual  and  necessary 
expenses. 

Section  Nine:  The  salaries  of 
Township  Officers  shall  be  paid  at  the 
same  time,  in  the  same  manner,  and 
out  of  the  same  fund  as  the  salaries 
of  County  Officers. 

Section  Ten:  Each  Township  Offi- 
cer shall  have  the  powers  and  per- 
form the  duties  now  or  hereafter  pre- 
scribed by  general  law,  except  as  In 
this  Charter  otherwise  provided. 

Section  Eleven:  The  Constable  of 
each  judicial  Township  shall  be  ex- 
offlcio  Deputy  Sheriff.  Each  Consta- 
ble shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of 
the  Sheriff  in  all  matters,  and  In  ad- 
dition to  the  duties  required  of  Con- 
stables by  law,  the  Constables  shall 
serve  civil  processes  within  their  re- 
spective Townships,  or  elsewhere, 
when  required  by  the  Sheriff  so  to  do. 


ARTICLE  VI. 

County  Schools. 

Section  One:  There  is  hereby  cre- 
ated a  County  Board  of  Educati  jn, 
which  shall  consist  of  five  members, 
who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  at  the  same  time  oth&r 
County  Officers  are  appointed,  but 
who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of 
four  years  from  and  after  the  first 
Monday  following  the  first  day  of 
March  following  their  appointment; 
provided,  however,  that  the  five  mem- 
bers of  the  County  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, who  shall  be  appointed  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1919,  shall  so  classify  them- 
selves by  lot,  that  two  of  them  shall 
hold  office  for  a  term  of  two  years 
only,  and  their  successors  shall  be  ap- 
pointed in  February  1921. 

Section  Two:  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  County  Board  of  Education  to 
meet  in  the  office  of  the  County  Su- 
perintendent of  Schools  on  the  writ- 
ten call  of  the  said  Superintendent  or 
of  a  majority  of  said  members  of  the 
Board  of  Education.  The  first  meet- 
ing shall  be  held  on  the  first  Mon- 
day following  the  first  day  of  March, 
and  a  meeting  shall  be  held  on  said 
day  in  March  every  four  years  there- 
after. The  County  Superintendent  of 
Schools  shall  be  executive  officer  and 
ex-officio  Secretary  of  the  said  Board. 

Section  Three:  The  members  of 
the  Board  of  Education,  other  than 
the  Superintendent  of  Schools  and  the 
Deputy,  shall  receive  as  compensation 
for  their  services  Five  Dollars  per 
day,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty  Dollars  per 
year,  and  in  addition  thereto,  their 
actual  and  necessary  traveling  ex- 
penses while  attending  to  the  duties 
of  their  offices. 

Section  Four:  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  County  Board  of  Education: 

(a)  To  appoint  a  County  Superin- 
tendent of  Schools.     This  officer  must 
be  a  certified  teacher,  having  a  regu- 
lar Elementary  or  High  School  certi- 
ficate of  the   State   of  California,   and 
who  has  had  not  less  than  five  years' 
experience  as  a  teacher  or  educational 
administrator,    two    years    of      which 
have   been    in   the   five   years   immed- 
iately preceding  his  appointment.   He 
must  reside  in  the  County  during  his 
term  of  office. 

(b)  To  appoint  a  Deputy  Superin- 
tendent of  Schools.  The  Deputy  must 
be  a  certified  teacher,  having  a  regu- 
lar Elementary  or  High  School  certi- 
ficate of  the  State  of  California,  who 
must  have  not  less  than  three  years' 
experience  as  a  teacher  or  educational 
administrator,    one      year    of      which 
shall  have  been  in  the  three  years  im- 
mediately preceding  his  appointment. 
He  must  reside  in  the  County  during 
his  term  of  office. 

(c)  To  remove  any  of  its    appoin- 
tees for  cause. 

(d)  The  Board  of  Education  shall 
have  such  powers  and   perform  such 
duties  as  are  now,  or  may  hereafter 
be  prescribed  for  it  or  granted  to  it 
by   law,    except  as  herein     otherwise 
provided. 

(e)  It  shall   be   the     duty   of  the 
said    Board    of    Education    to    fix   the 
date  upon  which  requisitions  for  fur- 
niture or  supplies  shall  be  submitted 
to     the     County     Superintendent     of 


Schools  by  the  Boards  of  Trustees  of 
thf/  several  school  districts. 

Section  Five:  The  general  law  shall 
ai/ply  to  and  govern  the  conduct  of 
thfe  schools  of  the  County  of  Napa  and 
the  officers  provided  for  the  superin- 
tendence thereof,  except  as  otherwise 
provided  in  this  Charter. 

Section  Six:  In  addition  to  fhe  du- 
ties prescribed  by  law,  the  County 
Superintendent  of  Schools  shall: 

(a)  In  person  or  by  his     Deputy, 
make  a  visit  to  each  teacher  in  every 
school    in    the    county   at    least    twice 
each  year,  each  visit  to  be  of  not  less 
than  three  hours. 

(b)  To   report   twice   each  year  to 
the  Clerk  of  each  School  District,  the 
condition  of  the     school   of  that  dis- 
trict. 

(c)  To    print    not    to    exceed    five 
hundred  copies  of  an  annual  report  of 
the    condition    and      standing   of     the 
schools    of    the    County,    the    cost    of 
which  shall  not  exceed  One  Hundred 
Dollars   per   annum,      and      distribute 
them,  one  to  each  teacher  and  one  to 
each  School  Trustee  in  the  County. 

(d)  To   act   as   Secretary   and    Ex- 
ecutive Officer  of  the  County  Board  of 
Education. 

(e)  To  certify  to  the  County  Pur- 
chasing Agent,  all  school  supplies  and 
furniture      needed      In      the      County 
Schools   for   the   ensuing  year   and   to 
request    said    Purchasing      Agent      to 
purchase  and  supply  the  School  Trus- 
tees   of    the    several    School    Districts 
such   supplies   and   furniture   as   shall 
be    necessary   for      the      use    of      said 
School  Districts  as     determined  from 
requisitions    made    by    the      Board    of 
Trustees  thereof.     All  requisitions  for 
supplies  and  furniture   so     purchased 
and  furnished  must,  before  being  fill- 
ed,   have    endorsed    thereon    the    ap- 
proval     of      the      Superintendent      of 
Schools  as   to   the   necessity  for  such 
supplies  and  furniture,  and  the  quan- 
tity thereof. 

Section  Seven:  The  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  several  School 
Districts  of  the  County  shall, 
at  such  time  as  may  be  fix- 
ed by  the  Board  of  Education, 
make  requisitions  upon  the  Purchas- 
ing Agent,  through  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Schools  for  such  sup- 
plies as  in  the  judgment  of  the  mem- 
bers thereof  shall  be  needed  for  the 
ensuing  year,  and  no  supplies  for  a 
School  District  shall  be  furnished  or 
paid  for  by  the  County  except  upon 
requisition  made  as  in  this  Charter 
provided. 

ARTICLE  VH. 

Auditing  and  Accounting. 

Section  One:  If  not  already  pro- 
vided, the  Auditor  shall  on  or  before 
July  first,  1919,  inaugurate  and  in- 
stall in  each  County  and  Township 
office,  an  up-to-date  and  modern  sys- 
tem of  accounting,  so  that  the  books 
of  all  County  officers  shall  be  of  a 
uniform  system. 

Section  Two:  Each  County  and 
Township  officer  or  employee  who 
collects  fees,  fines  or  any  money  due 
the  County,  shall  file  with  the  Audi- 
tor, on  or  before  the  first  Mon- 
day of  each  month,  an  itemized 
statement  showing  from  what 
source  the  fees,  fines,  or  other  mon- 


eys were  received  during  the  preced- 
ing month;  and  shall  also  include  in 
his  report  an  itemized  statement  of 
all  expenses  incurred  by  the  said  of- 
ficer during  the  preceding  month,  in- 
cluding his  salary  and  that  of  his 
deputies;  and  the  Auditor  shall  not 
deliver  to  any  officer,  his  warrant  for 
his  salary  until  he  files  said  monthly 
report  and  pays  all  fees,  fines  and 
other  money  collected  into  the  Coun- 
ty Treasury. 

Section  Three:  Each  County  officer 
shall  file  with  the  Auditor  on  or  be- 
fore July  tenth  of  each  year,  an  es- 
timate of  the  amount  that  he  will 
need  to  run  his  office  for  the  fiscal 
year;  and  in  no  case  shall  he  be  per- 
mitted to  expend  more  than  is  allow- 
ed his  office  in  the  budget,  unless  by 
a  four-fifths  vote,  the  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors shall  permit  him  to  exceed 
the  amount  estimated  therein  and 
said  excess  shall  be  drawn  only  from 
the  County  Officers'  Emergency  Fund. 

Section  Four:  All  reports  of  Coun- 
ty and  Township  officers  shall  be 
made  under  a  uniform  system  pre- 
scribed by  the  Auditor,  and  this  re- 
port must  be  subscribed  and  sworn  to 
before  an  officer  authorized  to  admin- 
ister oaths,  and  verified  by  the  Audi- 
tor. 

Section  Five:  The  Auditor,  annual- 
ly after  July  tenth  and  before  Aug- 
ust first,  shall  make  a  report  show- 
ing in  total  the  monthly  receipts  of 
each  officer,  and  an  itemized  state- 
ment of  each  officer's  monthly  ex- 
penses for  the  preceding  fiscal  year, 
together  •  with  all  other  expenses  of 
the  County  government  for  the  year. 

In  this  report  he  shall  also  include 
the  amount  of  the  estimated  expenses 
as  submitted  by  each  officer.  He  must 
also  show  therein  the  expenses  of 
each  officer  for  the  two  preceding  fis- 
cal years.  He  must  also  include 
therein  the  tabulated  statement  set- 
ting forth  the  sources  and  amount  of 
all  revenues  received  by  the  County. 

Section  Six:  The  Auditor  must  set 
forth  in  the  annual  report  all  indebt- 
edness existing  and  outstanding 
against  the  County  on  the  thirtieth 
day  of  June  of  each  year. 

Section  Seven:  The  Auditor's  an- 
nual report  shall  be  accompanied  by 
an  estimate  to  be  made  by  the  Audi- 
tor and  Business  Manager  of  the 
probable  expenditures  of  the  County 
government  for  the  current  fiscal 
year,  and  shall  set  forth  therein,  in 
detail  all  the  amounts  and  require- 
ments of  the  several  departments  of 
the  County  government,  showing 
specifically  the  amount  necessary  to 
be  provided  for  each  fund  and  de- 
partment; also  an  estimate  of  the 
amount  of  income  from  fines,  licenses, 
and  other  sources  of  revenue,  ex- 
clusive of  taxes  upon  property,  and 
the  probable  amount  required  to  be 
levied  and  raised  by  taxation. 

Section  Eight:  The  Auditor  must 
set  forth  in  his  annual  report,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  matters  hereinbefore 
set  forth,  the  total  assessed  value  of 
all  property  in  the  County,  as  shown 
by  the  last  assessment  roll,  the  tax 
rate  as  levied  by  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, the  actual  amount  of  taxes 
paid  into  the  County,  the  total 
amount  of  delinquent  taxes  remaining 


unpaid  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  April 
of  that  year,  and  the  total  amount  of 
taxes  proposed  to  be  raised. 

Section  Nine:  When  the  Auditor  and 
Business  Manager  have  completed 
their  annual  budget  they  shall  sub- 
mit it  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors  at 
its  meeting  in  August  for  approval. 
In  passing  upon  the  estimate,  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  may  eliminate 
or  reduce  the  amount  of  any  item, 
but  in  no  case  may  it  increase  the 
estimates  made  by  the  Auditor  and 
Business  Manager,  or  provide  for 
other  expenditures,  except  as  herein 
otherwise  provided,  though  it  may  re- 
quest those  officers  to  reconsider 
their  estimate  on  any  particular  item 
thereof.  If  the  Auditor  or  Business 
Manager  for  good  reason  raise  the  es- 
timate, then  the  Board  may  adopt  the 
raised  estimate. 

Section  Ten:  In  making  up  the 
budget,  a  County  Officers'  Emergency 
Fund,  not  to  exceed  Five  Thousand 
Dollars,  shall  be  maintained.  This 
fund  may  be  drawn  upon  in  emer- 
gencies, but  only  after  a  resolution 
of  approval  by  four-fifths  vote  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors.  The  fund  must 
be  maintained  solely  for  the  use  of 
County  officers  other  than  the  Board 
of  Supervisors. 

Section  Eleven:  In  making  up  the 
budget,  a  Supervisors'  Emergency 
Fund,  not  to  exceed  Ten  Thousand 
Dollars  shall  be  maintained.  This 
fund  may  be  drawn  upon  in  emer- 
gencies only  upon  a  resolution  of  ap- 
proval by  a  four-fifths  vote  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors. 

Section  Twelve:  The  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors may  provide  a  Bridge  and 
Permanent  Road  Fund  not  to  exceed 
Twenty-five  Thousand  Dollars  in  any 
one  year,  out  of  the  general  County 
revenues,  for  the  construction  of 
bridges  and  permanent  roads. 

Section  Thirteen:  The  Auditor 
shall  have  his  annual  report  printed 
in  pamphlet  form,  in  a  number  to  be 
designated  by  the  Board  of  Supervis- 
ors. One  copy  of  said  report  must  be 
filed  with  the  Board  of  Supervisors, 
one  with  the  Grand  Jury,  one  with 
the  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  and 
the  balance  shall  be  for  general  dis- 
tribution. 

Section  Fourteen:  No  claims 
against  the  County  shall  be  allowed 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  or  paid 
unless  they  have  been  checked  by  the 
Auditor  and  until  they  have  his  ap- 
proval endorsed  thereon  in  writing. 

ARTICLE  Vm. 

Business  Manager,  ex-Officio  Purchas- 
ing Agent  and  Public  Adminis- 
trator. 

Section  One:  It  Is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  Business  Manager, 
subject  to  regulation  and  control  by 
the  Board  of  Supervisors,  to  exercise 
general  supervision  over  the  official 
conduct  of  all  County  officers,  and  of- 
ficers of  all  districts  and  other  sub- 
divisions of  the  County  charged  with 
assessing,  collecting,  safe-keeping, 
managing  or  disbursing  of  public 
revenues;  also  over  County  Institu- 
tions, buildings  and  property,  and  to 
make  a  report  to  the  Board  from 
time  to  time  with  such  recommenda- 
tions as  he  shall  deem  proper.  He 


shall  be  ex-officio  County  Pure!  asing 
Agent  and  shall  perform  the  duties  of 
the  office  as  prescribed  in  this  Char- 
ter. He  shall  devote  his  entire  time 
during  usual  office  hours  to  the  du- 
ties of  his  office.  He  shall  have  an 
office  in  the  Court  House  and  shall  ve 
in  attendance  at  such  oiflce  during 
usual  office  hours,  except  when  else- 
where engaged  in  the  performance  of 
his  official  duties. 

Section  Two:  Subject  to  regulation 
and  direction  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pur- 
chasing Agent  to  purchase  from  time 
to  time,  all  supplies,  materials,  or 
property  of  every  kind  for  use  in  or 
by  every  department,  or  office  of  the 
County. 

Section  Three:  He  shall  furnish 
and  supply  to  all  County,  Township 
or  District  officers,  supplies,  mater- 
ials, or  other  property  on  the  requis- 
ition of  the  officer  desiring  to  use  the 
same  and  in  such  quantity  as  such 
Purchasing  Agent  shall  deem  neces- 
sary; said  requisition  to  be  endorsed 
by  the  Auditor  as  herein  required,  or 
as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter. 

Section  Four:  No  County,  Town- 
ship, or  District  officer  shall  contract 
for,  or  purchase  any  supplies,  mater- 
ials, or  other  property  of  any  kind  for 
his  use  as  such  officer,  or  for  use  in, 
or  pertaining  to  his  office,  except  by 
and  through  the  Purchasing  Agent, 
and  in  the  manner  hereinprovided. 

Section  Five:  Whenever  any  such 
officer  shall  require  any  supplies,  ma- 
terials, or  other  property  of  any  kind 
for  his  use  as  such  officer,  or  for  use 
in  or  pertaining  to  his  office,  he  shall 
make  and  present  to  the  Auditor,  a 
written  requisition  for  the  same.  The 
Auditor  shall  thereupon  examine 
such  requisition  and  endorse  thereon 
his  approval  or  disapproval  in  whole 
or  in  part  and  charge  the  same 
against  the  budget  allowance  of  such 
officer  and  deliver  the  same  to  the 
Purchasing  Agent.  If  such  officer 
has  exhausted  his  budget  allowance, 
the  said  requisition  shall  be  present- 
ed to  the  Board  of  Supervisors  for  al- 
lowance out  of  the  proper  Emergency 
Fund.  If  such  requisition  be  allow- 
ed in  whole  or  in  part,  the  Purchasing 
Agent  shall,  thereupon  make  such 
purchases  as  may  be  necessary  to  fill 
the  same  and  shall  deliver  the  article 
so  allowed,  together  with  an  invoice 
of  the  same,  to  the  officer  making  the 
requisition,  and  deliver  a  duplicate  of 
such  invoice  to  the  Auditor. 

Section  Six:  The  Business  Manager 
and  Purchasing  Agent,  acting  In  con- 
junction with  the  Auditor,  must  have 
prepared,  on  the  first  day  of  July 
of  each  year,  a  complete  inventory  of 
all  property  owned  by  the  County.  All 
property  of  every  kind  and  descrip- 
tion purchased  for  the  County  during 
the  year,  and  not  consumed,  must  be 
listed  and  included  in  the  inventory. 
Each  year  this  inventory  shall  be 
checked  by  the  Auditor  to  see  if  all 
property  shown  in  the  inventory  of 
the  preceding  year  is  on  hand.  If 
there  is  any  property  missing,  the 
Auditor  must  report  the  same  to  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  to  have  an  in- 
vestigation made  by  the  Sheriff  and 
District  Attorney  to  locate  said  prop- 
erty or  to  see  what  disposition  has 


been  fcnade  of  the  same,  and  to  fake 
prop/r   action   in   regard   thereto. 

Sefction  Seven:  He  shall  sell  all 
County  property  condemned  by  the 
Boafrd  of  Supervisors,  either  at  pub- 
lic 'auction  or  private  sale,  as  directed 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

Section  Eight:  He  shall  account 
for  all  County  property  to  his  succes- 
sor. 

ARTICLE  IX. 
Road  Department. 

Section  One:  All  laws  of  the  State 
of  California  now  in  force  or  to  be 
hereafter  enacted,  relating  to  the  for- 
mation of  Road  Districts  for  the  care, 
maintenance  and  repair  of  roads, 
highways,  and  bridges,  for  the  incur- 
ring of  a  bonded  indebtedness  for 
such  work  and  the  payment  of  such 
indebtedness  by  the  levy  and  collec- 
tion of  taxes  in  such  Districts,  shall 
be  in  full  force  and  effect  in  the 
County  of  Napa,  except  in  so  far  as 
the  same  shall  be  otherwise  provided 
hi  this  Charter. 

Section  Two:  The  Road  Engineer 
and  ex-officfo  Surveyor  shall  be  a  Ci- 
vil Engineer  and  shall  have  had, 
prior  to  his  appointment,  at  least  two 
years  practical  experience  in  road 
construction. 

Section  Three:  The  Road  Engi- 
neer and  ex-officio  Surveyor  shall, 
under  the  direction  and  supervision 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  have 
complete  direction  and  control  over 
all  construction,  improvement,  main- 
tenance and  repair  of  County  roads, 
highways  and  bridges. 

Section  Four:  The  Road  Engineer 
and  ex-officio  Surveyor  shall: 

(a)  Devote  his  entire  time  to  the 
performance  of  his  duties,  to  the  ex- 
clusion  of  all   other  business  occupa- 
tions; he  shall  not  be  directly  or  indi- 
rectly   interested    in    any    contract    or 
works,   nor  shall   he   be   so   interested 
in    the   purchase      of     any      supplies, 
tools,    or  materials   of   any   kind   used 
in  carrying  out  any  of  his  duties  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  Charter. 

(b)  Prepare      annually   a      proper 
budget  showing  in  detail  the  needs  of 
the  County  for  construction,  improve- 
ment, maintenance  or  repair  of  Coun- 
ty   roads,  highways  and  bridges  for  the 
ensuing  fiscal  year,   and      submit   the 
same   to   the   Auditor     and      Business 
Manager  on  or  before  July  tenth. 

(c)  Make  all  surveys,  maps,  plans, 
specifications  and  estimates  necessary 
or  required  for  the  construction,   im- 
provement, maintenance  and  repair  of 
the    County   highways   and    bridges. 

(d)  Examine      and      inspect      the 
work  performed  on  such  roads,  high- 
ways and   bridges,   and   report  to   the 
Board  of  Supervisors  as  to  whether  or 
not   the   work   has   been   done   in   ac- 
cordance  with   the   plans  and   specifi- 
cations and  contracts  therefor. 

(e)  Approve   and      certify   to     the 
progress,  estimates  and  allowance  for 
work  performed  under  all     contracts 
for    the    construction,      improvement, 
maintenance     or     repair     of     County 
roads,   highways,   and  bridges. 

(f)  Inspect    or      cause    to      be    in- 
spected,  all   County  roads,      highways 
and    bridges   within    the    County,    and 
under  the   general      direction   of     the 
Board     of     Supervisors,     keep     such 


roads,  highways,  land  bridges  clear  of 
obstructions  and  in  good  repair;  em- 
ploy all  men,  teams,  sprinkling  wag- 
ons and  all  help  necessary  therefor, 
when  the  same  is  not  Jet  by  contract, 
and  report  to  the  Board  of  Supervis- 
ors with  respect  to  such  inspection 
and  such  work  from  time  to  time  as 
required  by  said  Board;  certify  to  the 
correctness  of  all  pay  rolls  for  work 
done  by  day  labor  on  County  roads, 
highways,  and  bridges. 

(g)  Have  control  and  manage- 
ment ander  the  general  supervision 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  all 
County  rock  quarries,  oil  pits  and 
depo-ts,  gravel  pits  and-  other  mater- 
ials, property,  implements,  instru- 
ments, tools,  machinery  and  other 
appurtenances  necessary  for  the  con- 
struction, improvement,  maintenance 
and  repair  of  County  roads.  high- 
ways, and  bridges,  and  the  plans 
therefor. 

(h)  Make  a  written  report  to  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  at  their  regu- 
lar meeting  each  month,  in  which  he 
shall  state  the  amount  and  character 
of  work  done  during  the  preceding 
month,  the  progress  of  any  contracts 
under  way,  approximate  cost  of  the 
work,  and  matters  of  interest  per- 
taining to  the  same.  In  this  report 
he  shall  call  the  attention  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  to  any  repairs 
or  construction  work  he  deems  im- 
portant to  have  maae  or  done,  and 
make  recommendations  therefor,  and 
inform  and  advise  the  Boardof  Super- 
visors of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
public  roads,  highways,  streets, 
bridges  or  other  public  work,  which 
in  his  judgment  should  be  brought  to 
their  attention.  This  report  shall 
contain  the  recommendation  of  ac- 
ceptance or  rejection  of  any  publiu 
work  completed,  and  all  official  an- 
nouncements or  statements  which  the 
Engineer  is  required  to  make  to  the 
Board. 

(i)  During  the  calendar  year  1919, 
to  classify  impartially  the  public 
highways  of  the  County  as  "Main 
County  Roads,"  "Secondary  County 
Roads,"  and  "County-by-roads."  He 
shall  compute  the  total  mileage  con- 
tained in  the  respective  classes.  The 
Main  County  Roads  shall  be  called 
"Class  A"  roads  and  shall  be  named. 
The  Secondary  County  Roads  shall 
be  called  "Class  B"  roads,  and  shall 
be  numbered.  The  County-by-roads 
shall  be  called  "Class  C"  roads;  keep 
a  road  register  properly  indexed,  in 
which  shall  be  entered  the  names, 
numbers,  class,  length,  and  a  brief 
description  of  each  and  every  public 
road  and  bridge  in  the  County. 

(j)  Perform  such  other  duties 
pertaining  to  the  construction,  im- 
provement, maintenance  or  repair  of 
County  roads,  highways  and  bridges  as 
the  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  pre- 
scribe. 

(k)  He  shall  have  supervision, 
charge  and  control  of  all  rivers  and 
streams  within  the  County,  and  the 
clearing  of  obstructions  therefrom 
to  prevent  overflow  of  the  waters 
thereof. 

Section  Five:  The  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors shall  appoint  and  employ 
such  district  foremen  and  assistants 
to  the  Road  Engineer  as  may  he 


needed  from  time  to  time,  and  fix 
their  compensation.  Such  appoint- 
ments shall  be  made  only  upon  th^ 
recommendation  of  the  Road  Engi- 
neer. The  compensation  of  such  dis- 
trict foremen  shall  be  paid  from  the 
road  funds  of  the  district  or  districts 
in  which  said  foremen  are  employed. 
The  compensation  of  assistants  to  the 
Hoad  Engineer  shall  be  paid  out  of 
the  Salary  Fund. 

Section  Six:  The  Road  Engineer 
shall  make  requisition  upon  the  Pur- 
chasing Agent  for  all  tools,  imple- 
ments, machinery,  materials  and  sup- 
plies required  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Charter  and  his  work 
thereunder,  and  said  requisition 
shall  state  plainly  the  estimated  cost 
of  the  article  or  articles  to  be  pur- 
chased. He  shall  approve  all  claims 
for  the  same  before  such  claims  are 
audited  and  passed  by  the  Board  of 
Supervisors.  He  shall  be  the  custod- 
ian and  be  responsible  for  all  equip- 
ment under  his  control.  All  such 
property  shall  be  stored  and  protect- 
ed from  the  weather  when  not  in  use. 
An  inventory  of  all  property  in  his 
custody  shall  be  made  annually  and 
kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Road 
Engineer. 

Section  Seven:  No  claims  against 
the  County  for  work  done  on  its 
roads,  highways,  streets,  bridges, 
aqueducts  or  in  connection  with  the 
same,  or  for  materials,  supplies,  im- 
plements, or  machinery  used  for  or  in 
connection  therewith,  shall  be  passed 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  or  paid 
for  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  County 
unless  they  shall  have  endorsed  there- 
on the  written  approval  of  the  Road 
Engineer  and  the  Auditor. 

Section  Eight:  The  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors shall  provide  for  and  as- 
sign to  the  Road  Engineer  and  his 
assistants,  a  suitable  office  or  offices 
in  the  Court  House  or  some  place 
conveniently  located  with  reference 
thereto,  together  with  all  office  tools, 
implements  and  other  equipment  nec- 
essary for  the  performance  of  the 
duties  herein  prescribed. 

ARTICLE  X. 
Board  of  Appraisers. 

Section  One:  There  is  hereby  cre- 
ated a  County  Board  of  Appraisers. 
It  shall  consist  of  five  members,  to  be 
appointed  by  the  Board  of  Supervis- 
ors at  the  time  other  officers  are  ap- 
pointed, one  from  each  Supervisorial 
District.  Each  member  thereof  shall 
be  a  qualified  elector  of  the  district  in 
which  he  resides,  shall  be  a  freehold- 
er thereof,  and  shall  hold  office  for  a 
term  of  four  years. 

Section  Two:  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Board  of  Appraisers  to  ap- 
praise the  real  property  of  the  Coun- 
ty of  Napa  at  its  full  cash  value,  once 
every  four  years;  to  make  a  full  and 
complete  written  report  thereof  to  the 
Assessor  and  the  Board  of  Supervis- 
ors. In  doing  said  work  of  appraise- 
ment, the  Board  of  Appraisers  shall 
work  in  conjunction  with  the  Asses- 
sor, but  said  Assessor  must  adopt  all 
appraisements  made  by  the  Board. 

Section  Three:  The  compensation 
of  each  of  said  Appraisers  shall  be 
Seven  Dollars  and  Fifty  Cents  per 
day,  not  exceeding  sixty  days  for  each 


appraisement   period      logetneT     wltn 
all  actual  and  necessary  traveling  ex- 
penses.     In      addition      thereto,      the 
Board  of  Appraisers  shall  be  allowed 
such  supplies  as  shall   be     necessdry 
for  the  performance  of  its  work,  ai^S 
shall  be  provided  with  an  office  in  the 
County   Court    House,    when   needed. 
ARTICLE  XI. 
Charities. 

Section  One:  There  is  hereby  cre~ 
ated  the  office  of  Superintendent  of 
Charities. 

Section  Two:  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Superintendent  of  Charities  to 
receive  all  petitions  for  County  and 
State  aid,  to  investigate  and  report  on 
same  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and 
no  petition  for  County  or  State  aid 
shall  be  granted  by  the  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors until  it  has  considered  and 
acted  upon  the  report  of  the  Super- 
intendent of  Charities  accompanying 
said  petition. 

Section  Three:  The  Superintend- 
ent of  Charities  shall  receive,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  salary  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided for,  his  actual  and  necessary 
traveling  expenses  while  performing 
the  duties  of  his  office. 

ARTICLE  XH. 
Miscella  neons. 

Section  One:  Any  officer  may  b« 
removed  by  a  four-fifths  vote  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors,  whenever  th« 
Business  Manager  or  any  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  shall  file  writ- 
ten charges  against  such  officer.  Such 
charges  shall  be  in  detail  and  must 
relate  to  his  lack  of  qualifications  to 
fill  the  office,  his  manner  of  caring  for 
the  duties  of  his  office,  or  his  integ- 
rity, provided,  that  a  Supervisor  may 
be  removed  only  by  the  electors  of 
the  County. 

Section  Two:  The  compensation 
of  any  elective  or  appointive  County 
or  Township  officer  shall  'not  be  in- 
creased or  decreased  during  the  term 
for  which  he  was  elected  or  appoint- 
ed, nor  within  six  months  preceding 
his  election  or  appointment. 

Section  Three:  All  officers  of  the 
County  of  Napa  except  the  Auditor, 
Business  Manager,  Road  Engineer 
and  Medical  Superintendent  of  the 
County  Hospital,  must  be  electors 
and  residents  therein;  the  Auditor, 
Business  Manager,  Road  Engineer 
and  Medical  Superintendent  of  the 
County  Hospital  must  reside  in  the 
County  of  Napa  during  their  terms  of 
office. 

Section  Four:  The  District  Attor- 
ney shall  act  as  the  legal  advisor  and 
perform  all  le?o:  services  for  the 
proper  administration  of  the  office  of 
the  Public  Administrator. 

Section  Five:  The  Probation  Offi- 
cer shall  be  appointed  in  the  manner 
now  or  hereafter  provided  by  law. 

Section  Six:  Should  the  system  of 
voting  known  as  the  "Preferential 
System  of  Voting"  be  adopted  by  the 
Legislature  of  the  State  for  the  pur- 
pose of  electing  officers  of  the  several 
counties,  then  the  members  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors,  and  other  elec- 
tive officers  hereunder  shall  be  elect- 
ed by  the  electors  of  the  County  at 
large  under  that  system  as  so  adopted. 

Section  Seven:  The  Medical  Su- 
perintendent of  the  County  Hospital 


shall  be  a  regularly  licensed  physician 
and  shall,  during  his  term  of  office 
e  at  the  County  Hospital,  and 
shall  have  Immediate  charge,  super- 
vis:on  and  inanatu-ment  of  the  Hospi- 
tal shall  c;tre  i'or  all  patients 
therein  and  in  the  County  Jail.  He 
shall  be  furnished  an  adequate  resi- 
dence for  himself  and  family  and 
shall  be  provided  with  necessary 
food  for  their  ordinary  daily  life  and 
sustenance. 

Section  Eight:  Nothing  in  this 
Charter  shall  be  construed  to  affect 
the  tenure  of  office  of  any  of  the 
elective  officers  of  the  County  or 
Townships  thereof  in  office  at  the 
time  this  Charter  goes  into  effect, 
and  such  officers  shall  continue  to 
hold  their  respective  offices  until  the 
expiration  of  the  term  for  which  they 
were  elected,  unless  sooner  removed 
in  the  manner  provided  by  law.  But 
the  successors  of  each  and  all  of  such 
officers  shall  be  elected  or  appointed 
as  in  this  Charter  provided,  and  not 
otherwise. 

Section  Nine:  Beginning  with  the 
fiscal  year  1917-1918,  the  total 
amount  that  may  be  raised  by  the 
lioard  of  Supervisors  by  assessment 
and  taxation  of  the  property  on  the 
assessment  roll  of  the  County  shall 
not  exceed  the  sum  of  Two  Hundred 
and  Sixty  Thousand  Dollars  in  that 
fiscal  year,  and  each  fiscal  year  there- 
after the  amount  raised  by  assess- 
ment and  taxation  shall  not  exceed 
three  per  cent,  above  the  amount 
raised  during  the  previous  fiscal  year. 
provided  that  if  it  Is  not  necessary  to 
raise  said  amount  above  named  In 
said  fiscal  year,  said  amount  may  be 
raised  in  any  ..  .bsequent  fiscal  year, 
and  provided,  that  in  case  of  an  em- 
ergency, the  Board  of  Supervisors,  by 
unanimous  vote,  may  exceed  the 
amount  so  fixed.  The  term  "emer- 
gency" as  used  in  this  Section  shall 
be  limited  to  an  act  of  God,  such  as 
flood,  fire,  earthquake,  or  of  the  pub- 
lic enemy,  which  necessitates  the  re- 
placement of  County  property  de- 
stroyed; and  provided  further,  that 
nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to 
affect  the  right  of  the  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors to  levy  all  necessary  special 
taxes  for  school  purposes  in  the  sev- 
eral school  districts  of  the  County. 

Section  Ten:  The  Board  of  Super- 
visors shall  have  power  to  levy  and 
collect  taxes,  in  addition  to  the  taxes 
herein  authorized  to  be  levied  and 
collected,  sufficient  to  pay  the  inter- 
est and  maintain  the  sinking  fund  of 
any  bonded  indebtedness  of  the  Coun- 
ty, or  any  district  therein,  and  to  levy 
and  collect  special  taxes  whenever 
authorized  by  the  people  of  the  County 
at  any  general  County  election,  by  a 
majority  vote  of  the  electors  voting 
thereon.  At  .any  such  election  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  may  be  author- 
ized to  levy  a  special  tax  each  year 
for  a  period  not  exceeding  five  years, 
:n  all,  for  any  permanent  County  im- 
provement. 

Section  Eleven:  All  Ordinances  of 
the  County  of  Napa  in  force  at  the 
time  this  Charter  takes  effect,  and  not 
in  conflict  with  the  provisions  hereof, 
shall  continue  to  remain  in  full  force 
and  effect  until  amended  or  repeal- 
ed. 


Section  Twelve:  TTie  provisions  of 
the  general  laws  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia relating  to  the  initiative,  refer- 
endum and  recall,  as  they  now  exist, 
or  may  hereafter  be  amended,  are 
hereby  made  a  part  of  this  Charter. 

Section  Thirteen:  Words  used  in 
this  Charter  in  the  masculine  gender 
include  the  feminine,  and  words  used 
in  the  singular  include  the  plural. 

Section  Fourteen:  The  Constitu- 
tion and  general  law  of  the  State  of 
California  shall  apply  to  all  matters 
not  provided  for  in  this  Charter. 

Section  Fifteen:  If  any  Article, 
Section,  or  part  of  this  Charter  shall 
be  for  any  reason  judicially  determin- 
ed to  be  invalid,  such  invalidity  shall 
not  affect  the  remaining  portions 
hereof. 

Section  Sixteen:  This  Charter 
shall  take  affect  and  be  in  force  at 
noon,  on  the  first  Monday  after  the 
first  day  of  January,  1919,  after  its 
approval  by  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  California,  except  as  herein 
otherwise  provided.  The  first  elec- 
tion of  officers  hereunder  shall  be  in 
1918, 

We,  the  undersigned,  members  of 
the  Board  of  Freeholders  of  the  Coun- 
ty of  Napa,  State  of  California,  elect- 
ed at  a  special  election  held  in  said 
County  on  the  eighth  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1916,  to  prepare  and  propose  a 
Charter  for  said  County  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  Section 
TVs  of  Article  XI,  of  the  Constitution 
of  the  State  of  California,  have  pre- 
pared, and  we  do  hereby  propose  the 
foregoing  as  a  Charter  for  said  Coun- 
ty. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  have  here- 
unto affixed  our  names  this  4th  day  of 
January,  1917. 

WALLACE  RUTHERFORD, 

Chairman. 

FRANK   L.    HUNT, 

Secretary. 

FRANK    L.    GORDON. 

M.    H.    SIMONS. 

B.  F.   STETSON. 

JOHN    G.    REDFIELD. 

CHAS.   A.   DAVIS. 

H.    H.    SAWYER. 

CHAS.   W.   ARMSTRONG. 

H.    L.    BELL. 

State  of  California,     ss. 

County  of  Napa. 

I,  N.  W.  Collins,  County  Clerk  In 
and  for  the  County  of  Napa,  State  of 
California,  and  ex-officio  Clerk  of  the 
Superior  Court  in  and  for  said  Coun- 
ty, do  hereby  certify  the  foregoing  to 
be  a  full,  true  and  correct  copy  of 
Proposed  Charter,  of  Napa  County, 
as  the  same  appears  of  record  in  my 
office,  with  the  original  of  which  said 
copy  has  been  compared  by  me,  and 
is  a  true  transcript  therefrom. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto 
set  my  hand  and  affixed  the  Seal  of 
said  Court,  at  my  office  in  the  City  of 
Xapa,  this  12th  day  of  January  A.  D., 
1917. 

[Seal.]  N.  W.  COLLINS. 

County   Clerk   and    ex-officio   Clerk   of 

the    Superior   Court. 
Endorsed.     Filed  January  4,   1917. 
N.  W.  COLLINS,  Clerk. 

By  JAMES  A.  DALY, 

Deputy    Clerk. 


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